Tag: aromatherapy

Embracing Alternative Medicine Today: Mind Body & Spirit

Do you know what alternative medicine is? If you think that you do not, you are wrong. Alternative medicine has become something of a niche in today’s world.  The healing treatments that used to be thought of as ineffective to certain people of the world are now being used more and more frequently. Many well-known types of alternative medicine include. Massage Aromatherapy  Acupuncture  Herbal Medicine  Herbal Tea Hydrotherapy  Meditation  Spiritual Healing Kinesiology Any of these forms of treatment sound familiar to you? I’m sure that at least one of them is not only something you have heard of but also a form of treatment that you yourself have attempted at least once before.  There seems to be more than ever,…

The Essential Therapeutic Benefits of Essential Oils

There are many therapeutic benefits of essential oils. Derived from the essence of plants, a few drops of aromatherapy essential oil produce the same effect as loads of the plant. This article has described essential oils and their properties, dealing with the ways in which essential oils can be used for maximum benefit. Additionally, a checklist for the people who are planning to buy essential oils has been given in the article. The use of essential oils, which is derived from the pure essence of a plant, is not new. Though the term aromatherapy was coined only in the 1920s (by Gattefossé in 1928), people knew of aromatherapy essential oils from the prehistoric times. Starting from the Chinese to Egyptian,…